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Archive for February, 2009

There isn’t a whole lot of news to report but I figured I’d send along an announcement with a few things.

SNOW REMOVAL — The city handed out 348 charges for snow removal to homeowners that didn’t clear their snow last week. The typical charge for removal was $83.00. These tickets have caused a lot of hub-bub because people say they were not properly notified of their non-compliance. A hint for everyone, If it snows and your sidewalks are covered in snow and/or ice the next day then you have been notified by mother nature that you are in non-compliance. There is no reason snow should not be removed from your sidewalk it creates a dangerous environment and its just plain crappy. If you need assistance clearing your snow because you are sick, out of town, etc just let me know — that’s what neighbors are for.

Prospect Park Summit — 7pm March 4th at Adams School Community Room (enter through the parking lot). This is a meeting for anyone that has ideas about Prospect Park. There has been talk about getting neighborhoods more active in Park Maintenance so this is your chance to voice your opinion. I also think it is important that we, as a neighborhood, start using the park more effectively — Weekly kick ball, wiffle ball, or 4 square games for adults and kids. If you are interested in using the park more or have concerns or reasons you don’t use the park please come to the Summit and express your concerns.

Tap Room Opens Addition on Monday — The Tap Room located on the corner of Washington and Michigan will be opening its addition on Monday. The addition includes two more storefronts which allows live music to return. The layout is such that the music should not interfere if you just want to chat with friends.

Invest in Local Professional Baseball — If you are interested in supporting our own baseball team (to be called the Ypsilanti Liberators) there is an opportunity to become an investor in the organization. That is correct, for as little as $500.00 you stand to make money, support a cool thing in the city, not lose the money in the stock market, and have fun. I don’t have all the details but if you are interested let me know. I haven’t found out about lower level investing (like if the PPNA could be a ‘group’ investor) but if you are interested in forming an investment group for this I’ll find out the information. Another way you can help is by buying tickets for the Midwest Sliders who will be playing 1 year at the EMU baseball stadium this will show other investors Ypsi supports local professional baseball.

Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival – This looks like it might be a fun way to spend a little time on Saturday. It is being held at WCC so you might as well go. I don’t know anything more than the website tells us.

I think that is all I have for you,
Take care,
Kurt Anschuetz
prospectparkneighborhood@comcast.net

Police said Monday night Dunklin came home and found someone had parked in a handicapped spot that was only partially marked. Dunklin wanted to park there, so she confronted the neighbor.
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Last evening during Citizen Police Academy I learned that if you are performing CPR for under 6 minutes you no longer have to do mouth to mouth. They aren’t saying that mouth to mouth is bad they just know that the compressions which keep the blood flowing are more important. The study that concluded this fact also hoped that if you remove mouth to mouth more people would be willing to jump in and perform CPR. There are certain cases where mouth to mouth is required, those dealing with people who have not been breathing in a while etc.

The AHA ECC Committee acknowledges that all victims
of cardiac arrest will benefit from delivery of high-quality
chest compressions (compressions of adequate rate and depth
with minimal interruptions) but that some cardiac arrest
victims (eg, pediatric victims and victims of drowning,
trauma, airway obstruction, acute respiratory diseases, and
apnea [such as that associated with drug overdose]) may
benefit from additional interventions taught in a conventional
CPR course. Therefore, the Committee continues to encourage
the public to obtain training in CPR to learn the
psychomotor skills required to care for a wide range of
cardiovascular- and respiratory-related medical emergencies.”

I learned a lot of other interesting things from our fire fighters but CPR was the most important.

The super fine folks at the What is That? Gallery are going to be offering quite a few classes and other programs starting soon. Below you will find a list of the class offerings and the flyer talking about other programs including Girl Scout Badge Classes, Creative Birthday Parties, and Paint your own Ceramics.

As Always Support Local Businesses Anyway you can — even if it is just letting others know.

Kurt

Studio Classes

What is That Gallery734-485-0113, whatisthatllc@att.net

Spring Session, 6 weeks

March 2-April 16

No classes April 6-11 for Spring Break

Youth Classes

Clay for HomeSchool Students(6-12 years)

Mondays 10:30-11:45 am, Cost $102/session; Lab fee $15

This exciting course is designed for homeschooled children.Students will enjoy

learning new skills, and discovering techniques to hand build clay projects. Through

pinch pot and coil forms, as well as slab construction, children will be challenged and

delighted while using their creativity.All work will be created in the studio with

underglazes applied by the student.Lab fee covers all materials and firing.

Clay after School

Mondays(9-12 yrs) 4:30-5:45 pm, Cost $102/session; Lab fee $15

Thursdays (6-8 yrs)4:30-5:45 pm, Cost $102/session; Lab fee $15

Students will work with their hands and imaginations to discover the magical

qualities of clay.They will explore texture, build skills, and bring home wonderful

creations.Pinch, coil, slab, applique and carving demonstrations will be followed

by studio time to create with all the techniques.This class focuses on hand building

& does not include work on the wheel.Students will discover unending possibilities

of creating with hand built clay.Lab fee covers all materials and firing

Youth Theatre Design (9-12 years)

Tuesdays 4:30-5:30 pm,Cost $102/session

This class will focus on the creative, visual arts of theatre.When people think of

theatre, so often they think of the spotlight and the actors.But behind the scenes are

Last night at the Citizens Police Academy there was a panel discussion on narcotics and prostitution in our fair city. The panel consisted of 4 panelists 2 males and 2 females all of whom had spent time on the streets of Ypsilanti.

The most shocking news to me was that they performed about 25 tricks each, every day of the year. The going rate of each trick is between $20 and $60.

So even on a slow day the money is astronomical. $20 X 20 a day X everyday of the year = $146,000. It was a really mind opening number and the math works according to police numbers and the girls own perceptions.

The other thing to note is that most if not all of that money went straight into a local drug dealers hands. The girls even said they had to supplement their prostitution income with stealing. It is an amazing and interesting world out there on Michigan Ave.

Since I have received this from 5 separate sources today I decided it was important.

Please share with friends & neighborhoods & blogs & others!!

Are you an urban farmer, or are you interested in urban farming? Come join us from 7-9 am on Monday, February 16th at Beezy’s Cafe for the second Ypsi Urban Farmers’ Breakfast to talk about the future of urban agriculture, community gardening, and CSAs in Ypsilanti. The first meeting was a resounding success with 20 bright-eyed attendees. For more information or to rsvp, contact Farmer Daniel at 734-786-8401, or email dan@growinghope.net

The City of Ypsilanti currently does not allow the keeping of chickens, goats, bees, or other “farm”-type animals. A minor change in the city ordinance involving agriculture is on City Council meeting agenda on February 17th, 2009. That meeting will include a public hearing (the first of two) on that ordinance change. While the proposed change does not (explicitly) allow for the keeping of these animals, it gives an opportunity for community feedback about urban agriculture and specifically the allowance of chickens. This brief survey aims to gather community input on potential ways the ordinance could be changed in the future, as well as identify potential supporters of urban agriculture. The cumulative results will be shared with City Council and in the community by Growing Hope.

We’re also looking for local folks to help us start seeds for the season (we’ll give you the set up & seeds, and enough space for you to grow for yourself, too)…. and trying to identify volunteers to act as garden mentors to new gardeners. Interested? Drop a line and we’ll share more!

If you’d like to join Growing Hope’s email list to get updates like this every few weeks, head to our website at http://www.growinghope.net, scroll down, enter your email address, and join!